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Spokesman says Huckabee 'simply misspoke' about Obama's childhood

In a radio interview, potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Barack Obama grew up in Kenya with his father and grandfather. A spokesman for the former Arkansas governor says he made a simple mistake

1 posted on 03/01/2011 6:55:05 PM PST by STARWISE
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To: onyx; penelopesire; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; Fred Nerks; Red Steel; seekthetruth; ...

Stepped in it ....Ping!


2 posted on 03/01/2011 6:56:17 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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When was Huck a “leading Republican”?


3 posted on 03/01/2011 6:56:33 PM PST by mnehring
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Easy for him to claim that even though Obummer grew up there doesn’t mean that he was ‘born’ there!


4 posted on 03/01/2011 7:00:00 PM PST by freejohn
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To: STARWISE
I am so torn... I can't figure out which one is better... help me FReepers:

Face palm

Or

Ingenuity or

Walken Bitch Slap

Is it #1, 2 or 3? All the above?
5 posted on 03/01/2011 7:01:15 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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It will be interesting to watch the media reaction. What would happen if Gov. Palin had made such a mistake?
6 posted on 03/01/2011 7:04:37 PM PST by Rational Thought
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To: STARWISE

In what sense is Huck a “leading Republican” (except in polls for possible GOP presidential candidates). This looks almost like an attempt to tar the whole GOP as stupid, when it’s more like a herd of independent cats that don’t regiment themselves about what to think.


8 posted on 03/01/2011 7:07:58 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: STARWISE

Yhe problem with Huck is that he is not being honest.

He runs an unnatural interference for Obama when he should be slamming him.

You know, like a real leader would do—Sarah Palin.

One President from Arkansas was one too many.


12 posted on 03/01/2011 7:13:52 PM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: STARWISE

Of course he didn’t grow up in Kenya. He grew up in States #51 to #57 because his dad was naturally nomadic after serving in Europe in WW II right up until Japan dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbor. A little “misspeaking” never hurt anybody, especially if you have the suck-up press in our corner.


13 posted on 03/01/2011 7:15:43 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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18 posted on 03/01/2011 7:41:55 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: STARWISE

0bama, in his 20’s, was a Child; and continues to be a Child to this day


20 posted on 03/01/2011 7:52:03 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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0bama grew up a Keynesian


21 posted on 03/01/2011 7:54:22 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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You know The Huckster doesn’t belong in the campaign when he knows less about Obama’s history than the average Freeper.


22 posted on 03/01/2011 8:26:28 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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To: STARWISE

This story repeats the same error that the AP story made by claiming Obama spent the first five years of his life in Hawaii. Ummmm, no, about two of those years were in Washington state.


24 posted on 03/01/2011 10:11:07 PM PST by edge919
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To: STARWISE

Who knows where he grew up. He seems fabricated.


26 posted on 03/02/2011 12:01:13 AM PST by Bellflower (Isa 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.)
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He is the kind of Republican that reinforces the stereotype of the dumb conservative.
27 posted on 03/02/2011 1:10:04 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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